Rebecca Zilenziger

Rebecca Zilenziger is a photographer who is able to capture very simple, everyday things and make them beautiful. She graduated from the Parsons school of design in New York. She is able to use light in such a wonderful way that it makes the composition so much more. She uses shape and form to create outlines that seem to make the image into something different. Her contrast in each image is also very stunning. I love the simplicity and softness of each piece. I also enjoy taking pictures of different forms and views of things that help create a new object. The way in which she portrays everyday things and makes them seem so important and much larger than they actually are. Im glad that I discovered her so that I can look for inspiration. She helps me realize that even if something seems boring and not worth photographing, there is a way to make anything look very interesting.

Lyndon Wade

Lyndon Wades artwork has a very fantasy like feel. Each composition uses very vibrant colors and the subjects are seemingly animated. I really like the creativity and almost comical feel of each piece. Her work is a very good example of the project that we are working on now with masking. The images are very fantasy, however, since the entire piece has the same feel throughout, they are believable.  I also really like the colors and the composition in each piece. Although they seem real, she has enhanced the colors in such a way that it appears dream like. All of the subjects are in some sort of circus outfit or dress of a different time period. Nothing makes sense and each piece is up for interpretation. I think that the photos are very interesting and that it is a very good source for inspiration for our masking project. 

Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon is a portrait photographer from the US who began as a fashion photographer and moved toward fine art and portrait photography. Avedon worked for Harpers Bazaar and Vogue Magazine. After many years of fashion, he began photographing hospital patients, war veterins, and eventually everyday people. 

Avedon's work is very glamours and formal. All of his photos are black and white with a very nice contrast. Each piece pays very close attention to the light. In his fashion photos, balance and rhythm are very important in creating the flow of his pieces. He exemplifies the model and gives a strong sense of confidence. 

His later work deals more with everyday people; people with no significant reason as to why they would be photographed. These images are much more rugged and the people seem very real. Each image usually only has one person, and it is a portrait of that person in their everyday attire. In the images he shot of mental hospital patients, he captures their expressions and emotions so carefully that it is difficult to look away. 

I really like Avedons simplicity of the background and the intense images of the people in which he seems to bring to life.